Fire in Dupont Circle forces evacuations

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Washington Post editors

Traffic in the Dupont Circle area could be snarled into the evening rush hour as D.C. firefighters finish dealing with a blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the duct work of a 10-story office building, a fire department spokesman said.

The spokesman, Pete Piringer, said the two-alarm fire at 1320 19th Street NW was brought under control within a few hours, but dozens of firefighters and their apparatus were still at the scene at 4 p.m. as a mop-up operation continued.

Scores of people were evacuated for the building, Piringer said, but no one was injured.